Huawei Quidway S3328TP-EI
Start the console session.
Plug in serial cable to console port of device from PC COM1 port
Open PuTTY and select "Serial" connection type, leave baud rate (Speed) and other settings as default.
Plug power into device and if a power button exists, turn it on.
Access the BootROM menu.
Press the Ctrl B keys when prompted and before the countdown ends:
BIOS LOADING ... Copyright (c) 2008-2011 HUAWEI TECH CO., LTD. (Ver341, Jun 17 2011, 10:24:31) Press Ctrl+B to enter BootROM menu ... 1
Type Admin@huawei.com at the password: prompt:
password: Admin@huawei.com
Erase authentication credentials and boot.
Type 5 for the Enter filesystem submenu option:
BOOTROM MENU 1. Boot with default mode 2. Enter serial submenu 3. Enter startup submenu 4. Enter ethernet submenu 5. Enter filesystem submenu 6. Modify BOOTROM password 7. Reboot Enter your choice(1-7): 5
Type 3 to Delete file from Flash then type the full filename of the .zip configuration file and y to confirm, then 6 to return to main menu:
FILESYSTEM SUBMENU 1. Erase Flash 2. Format flash 3. Delete file from Flash 4. Rename file from Flash 5. Display Flash files 6. Return to main menu Enter your choice(1-6): 3 No. File Size(bytes) Created Date File Name ================================================================= 1: 8687124 bytes Jan 01 2008 00:04:51 S3328-V100R006C00SPC800.cc 2: 342859 bytes Jan 01 2008 00:05:22 S3300_V100R006SPH010.pat 3: 889 bytes Jan 01 2008 00:03:51 private-data.txt 4: 836 bytes Jan 01 2008 00:04:07 rr.dat 5: 836 bytes Jan 01 2008 00:04:16 rr.bak 6: 36 bytes Jan 01 2008 00:08:53 $_patchstate_reboot 7: 540 bytes Jan 01 2008 01:23:07 hostkey 8: 468 bytes Jan 01 2008 01:23:13 serverkey 9: 2698 bytes Feb 26 2022 17:02:58 c2xg-h33-0100-f01-01.zip BE CAREFUL! This may cause your system fail to start! Please choose the file you want to delete: c2xg-h33-0100-f01-01.zip delete it? Yes or No(Y/N)y Deleting file ....done FILESYSTEM SUBMENU 1. Erase Flash 2. Format flash 3. Delete file from Flash 4. Rename file from Flash 5. Display Flash files 6. Return to main menu Enter your choice(1-6): 6
Type 1 to Boot with default mode:
BootROM MENU 1. Boot with default mode 2. Enter serial submenu 3. Enter startup submenu 4. Enter ethernet submenu 5. Enter filesystem submenu 6. Modify BootROM password 7. Clear password for console user 8. Reboot (Press Ctrl+E to enter diag menu) Enter your choice(1-8): 1 Decompressing Image file ... done
Further output will bring you to the Press ENTER to get started. prompt.
Erase configuration/any other data.
Type the reset saved-configuration command and type y to confirm:
<Quidway>reset saved-configuration The action will delete the saved configuration in the device. The configuration will be erased to reconfigure. Continue? [Y/N]:y Warning: Now clearing the configuration in the device. Jan 1 2008 00:10:31-05:13 Quidway %%01CFM/4/RST_CFG(l)[30]:The user chose Y when deciding whether to reset the saved configuration. Info: Succeeded in clearing the configuration in the device.
Type the dir command to show the directory of files/folders then use the del command with pattern matching to delete all non-OS-image data files:
<Quidway>dir Directory of flash:/ Idx Attr Size(Byte) Date Time(LMT) FileName 0 -rw- 8,687,124 Jan 01 2008 00:04:51 S3328-V100R006C00SPC800.cc 1 -rw- 342,859 Jan 01 2008 00:05:22 S3300_V100R006SPH010.pat 2 -rw- 36 Jan 01 2008 00:08:53 $_patchstate_reboot 3 drw- - Jan 01 2008 00:03:30 resetinfo 4 -rw- 540 Jan 01 2008 01:23:07 hostkey 5 -rw- 468 Jan 01 2008 01:23:13 serverkey 14,632 KB total (6,421 KB free) <Quidway>del resetinfo/* Delete flash:/resetinfo/reset-sysinfo-2021-10-21-19-13-49.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/reset-sysinfo-2021-10-21-19-13-49.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-25-00-00-13.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-25-00-00-13.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-26-00-00-14.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-26-00-00-14.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-05-03-00-00-22.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-05-03-00-00-22.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/reset-sysinfo-2008-01-01-00-06-05.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/reset-sysinfo-2008-01-01-00-06-05.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/reset-sysinfo-2021-09-26-17-13-18.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/reset-sysinfo-2021-09-26-17-13-18.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-05-04-00-00-23.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-05-04-00-00-23.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-23-00-00-11.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-23-00-00-11.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-05-01-00-00-20.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-05-01-00-00-20.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-22-00-00-10.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-22-00-00-10.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-28-00-00-16.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-28-00-00-16.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-21-00-00-08.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-21-00-00-08.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-27-00-00-15.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-27-00-00-15.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/reset-sysinfo-2021-08-06-16-54-33.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/reset-sysinfo-2021-08-06-16-54-33.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/reset-sysinfo-2021-10-29-16-27-16.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/reset-sysinfo-2021-10-29-16-27-16.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-24-00-00-12.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-24-00-00-12.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-05-02-00-00-21.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-05-02-00-00-21.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-20-00-00-07.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-20-00-00-07.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-29-00-00-17.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-29-00-00-17.zip...succeeded. Delete flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-30-00-00-18.zip?[Y/N]:y Info: Deleting file flash:/resetinfo/sysinfo-2022-04-30-00-00-18.zip...succeeded.
Check for license files and reboot.
Type the display startup command to check for any license files:
<Quidway>display startup MainBoard: Configured startup system software: flash:/S3328-V100R006C00SPC800.cc Startup system software: flash:/S3328-V100R006C00SPC800.cc Next startup system software: flash:/S3328-V100R006C00SPC800.cc Startup saved-configuration file: NULL Next startup saved-configuration file: NULL Startup paf file: NULL Next startup paf file: NULL Startup license file: NULL Next startup license file: NULL Startup patch package: flash:/s3300_v100r006sph010.pat Next startup patch package: flash:/s3300_v100r006sph010.pat
Type the reboot command:
<Quidway>reboot Info: The system is now comparing the configuration, please wait. Warning: All the configuration will be saved to the configuration file for the next startup:, Continue?[Y/N]:n System will reboot! Continue?[Y/N]:y Jan 1 2008 00:12:53-05:13 Quidway %%01CMD/4/REBOOT(l)[31]:The user chose Y when deciding whether to reboot the system. Info: system is rebooting ,please wait... Jan 1 2008 00:12:53-05:13 Quidway %%01SRM/4/MSTRSCURST(l)[32]:Master SCU is reset. Jan 1 2008 00:12:53-05:13 Quidway %%01SRM/4/ResetReason(l)[33]: Board reset by VRP command or net manager . System reboot at 00:12:54
Copy all the output from the session into your records.
Right-click PuTTY's titlebar, from that dropdown menu click on "Copy All to Clipboard"
Open the file of record certifying the deconfiguration of this device and use CTRL V to paste all the output from PuTTY into that file. Formatting the text with a fixed-width font helps it look more readable.
End the session.
Close PuTTy.